Distributor for small items of food - has rotating disc and vacuum pad mounted on rotary arm to deposit item on travelling conveyor

摘要

The food distributor consists of a support frame (1) which supports an angled wheel (2) and a support plate (3). The wheel is mounted at the base of the sieve (4). Each item is held individually at the end of the suction pad (16) of the gropping arms (151). The arms rotate on the shaft (164) and the items are deposited on the roller conveyer (5). The items which are not collected are recycled through the elevator (153) and back into the sieve (4). The rotating disc is driven by the shaft (11) through the chain (208) and the shaft (164) on which the arms are mounted is driven through a gear train (212,213).